Daily edition · Sunday 1 November 2026

Scottish tech news, Sunday 1 November 2026

The ayeoh front page as it stood at 6:40am that morning: the lead, the top stories, the money and the record.

Growth

Cross-party group on AI and cyber security launches at Holyrood

MSPs have established the new group as an expert warned that Scotland has no laws to stop criminals selling stolen personal data on the dark web.

The Herald · 2h

Top stories

Research

Just 6 per cent of £200m promised to Acorn carbon capture project delivered as grant

The Times · 36h · 10 outlets

Shell’s gas terminal at St Fergus, near Peterhead, is home to the Acorn carbon capture and storage project

Angus

Montrose gaming café completes move to new town centre premises

The Courier · 25h

Growth · Perth

Polytag expands packaging tracking network into Scotland

Packaging Gateway · 4d · 2 outlets

Polytag’s system identifies invisible UV tags applied to packaging

Deal · Shetland

SaxaVord secures £60m for spaceport development

The Shetland Times · 17d · 2 outlets · The story and its coverage

Aerial view of a rocky coastal headland with grassy terrain, a cleared construction site, a white building and yellow barriers, surrounded

Policy

Hydrogen factory gets the go ahead

DNG24 · 3d · 2 outlets

Policy · Edinburgh

Edinburgh councillors raise alarm over AI-generated complaints inundating public bodies

Edinburgh Evening News · 5d · 3 outlets · The story and its coverage

Edinburgh councillors fear 'false' AI-generated complaints may inundate staff

Event · East Lothian

East Lothian pupils tackle cyber-bullying and catfishing in online safety workshop

East Lothian Courier · 18h

Product · Glasgow

Star Refrigeration offers pipe bending services to UK Industry

Star Refrigeration · 5d · 4 outlets · The story and its coverage

Event · Edinburgh

Edinburgh's DIGIT releases agenda for DIGIT Expo 2026

DIGIT · 2d

Who just got funding

SaxaVord raises £60m

29 Oct 2026 · Growth · Unst · Shetland News · SaxaVord Spaceport on ayeoh

Entrepreneurial Scotland raises £120k

28 Oct 2026 · Glasgow · The Herald · Entrepreneurial Scotland on ayeoh

Kelvin Quantum wins £1.65m grant

28 Oct 2026 · Grant · Glasgow · University of Glasgow · Kelvin Quantum on ayeoh

Pure Water International raises £200k

28 Oct 2026 · Firstport

Amplified Global wins £50k grant

27 Oct 2026 · Grant · Glasgow · Deadline News · Amplified Global on ayeoh

That week on the record

Pentestly is to be struck off the register, Companies House has given notice.

Closure · 31 Oct · Companies House

Content Guru won a £1.87m contract from NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde for 2627 DS008 Cloud Contact Centre.

Contract · 30 Oct · Public Contracts Scotland

Turner & Townsend won a £205k contract from East Lothian Council for Musselburgh Flood Protection Scheme- Design Manager for Stage 6.

Contract · 29 Oct · Find a Tender

Excelra took on the bioinformatics team and services of Fios Genomics.

Acquisition · 27 Oct · The Malaysian Reserve

Theo Health is to be struck off the register, Companies House has given notice.

Closure · 31 Oct · Companies House

ASCO hired its first chief AI officer to lead the technology change.

Appointment · 27 Oct · TheBusinessDesk.com

Today's Scottish tech news on the front page

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